Website http://co-opa.com January 2016, Vol. 1, Issue 16 President's Message: Bumping along in the post-holiday doldrums? Grounded by ice? Perk up your life by coming to our first CO-OPA meeting of 2016. Join us in the Professional Air lounge downstairs in the KBDN Flight Services Building this Thursday, the Third Thursday, 21 January, around 6pm. Bring some food for the potluck at 6:30pm, and the usual 'formal' meeting at 7pm. Many thanks to our local EAA Chapter 1315 for hosting a great Christmas Party. Almost 50 pilots and friends attended and a wonderful time was had by all! Weather.gov gives us a 60% chance of rain for our Fly-Out this Saturday. Their graphical forecast paints all of Oregon in fancy colors. Intellicast makes it more interesting by forecasting worsening weather all day and 'Thunder possible'. Looks like we will be grabbing breakfast in Bend again instead of a real Fly-out. Calendar: 21 January – Monthly Meeting 23 January – Monthly Fly-out 18 February – Monthly Meeting 20 February – Monthly Fly-out 17 March – Monthly Meeting 19 March – Monthly Fly-out 21 April – Monthly Meeting 23 April – Monthly Fly-out November Fly-out (not): Winter started early in Bend. Our October Fly-Out was canceled due to rain and we headed to Jake's Diner instead. Our intrepid fliers were again grounded by weather for our November Fly-out and met instead to Sargents's Cafe on 3rd Street in Bend. Expect us to be grounded again in January... Christmas Party: We really outdid ourselves for the 2015 Christmas Party. It is unusual for eagles to flock but we did so at the Black Bear Diner in Bend. Notice on page 2 that it took two photos to fit everyone in. And of course a shout out to Thomas Phy for puttnig it all together. Web doings: Check out current and past CO-OPA newsletters, view our membership list and view hot aviation links on our website at: co-opa.com To access the members only areas the username is “BDN” and the password is “123.0” Newsletter Inputs: Send your newsletter tidbits to: